Monthly Archives: January 2019
Hedge Funds in Venture Capitalist Clothing
(All About Alpha) Recent studies indicate that mutual funds earn significant returns from venture investing, and carefully manage the liquidity of their stake in relevant startups. But what about hedge funds? To read this article:
Top Hedge Fund Industry trends for 2019 – Agecroft Partners
(HedgeCo.Net) The hedge fund industry is dynamic, and participants are best served by anticipating, rather than reacting to, change. Informed by our contact with more than two thousand institutional investors and hundreds of hedge fund organizations, the following is Agecroft’s […]
SEC Charges Two Robo-Advisers With False Disclosures
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission have instituted settled proceedings against two robo-advisers for making false statements about investment products and publishing misleading advertising. The proceedings are the SEC’s first enforcement actions against robo-advisers, which provide automated, software-based portfolio management […]
House passes bill to end US government shutdown without border wall money
(CNBC) The new Democratic-held House passed legislation Thursday night that would end a partial government shutdown. Passage of the spending packages will not move Congress closer to reopening nine unfunded federal departments for now. As the measures do not include […]
Slowdown fears rise as markets await Powell, jobs report
(CNBC) Investors are hoping a strong December jobs report and dovish words from the Federal Reserve chairman will ease rising concerns about an economic slowdown.The December employment report, released at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday, is expected to show 177,000 non-farm […]
Apple’s woes show US and China are taking hits in trade war — and that could push them to make deal
(CNBC) Apple’s sales shortfall in China and a sudden slip in the U.S. manufacturing economy are the latest signs that the Trump administration’s trade war with China is hitting home and that could help bring it to an end, some […]
For Hedge Funds This Year, $1 Billion Is the Loneliest Number
(Bloomberg) Hedge fund managers set on starting their own firms in 2019 face the worst money-raising environment in years. Only one is slated to begin with more than $1 billion: San Francisco-based Woodline Partners, founded by former Citadel duo Michael […]
Cyrus, Omega Call Truce in Sears CDS Fight After Settling Trades
(Bloomberg) A bankruptcy judge approved Sears Holdings Corp.’s sale of notes to Cyrus Capital Partners even as he called the outcome “odd,” ending a chapter in the hedge fund’s efforts to keep its payouts on a series of derivatives as […]
Activist Elliott Embraces Private Equity Strategy
(Financial Times) It came as a stinging blow for Paul Singer’s Elliott Management when it lost out in a 2014 bidding war for networking equipment maker Riverbed Technology. The loss to a private equity consortium led by Thoma Bravo prompted […]
Fund Manager Merger Splurge to Continue in 2019
(Financial News) Analysts expect more consolidation in an under-pressure industry — as well as among the tech firms supporting it… To read this article:
China starts 2019 poorly
(The Technical Analyst) The Hang Seng China Enterprise Index has broken through key support and will likely target 9882 and possibly much lower, according to David Sneddon, Pascal Zingg and James Gilbert at Credit Suisse in London. Sneddon and his […]
Risks at Home Mount for Greece in Its First Post-Bailout Year
(CNBC) After emerging from its steepest economic crisis in living memory, Greece still has a mountain to climb in 2019 if it’s to consummate its comeback with a sustained return to bond markets…. To read this article: